Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 21:19:46 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: InterMezzo: Project for kernel/FS hackers Message-ID: <19990722211946.A31641@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>
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Hi chaps,
Not entirely sure which list to post this too, so I figured that -hackers
was probably most appropriate.
Has anyone had the chance to look at InterMezzo, website at
http://www.inter-mezzo.org/
It's main claim to fame is that it allows disconnected operation. For
example, you could have a server export a home directory to a laptop,
then unplug the laptop from the network, and go and edit/add/delete files
from the home directory stored on the laptop. When the laptop is then
plugged back in to the network, the filesystem automatically (as far
as possible) integrates the changes).
Coda (which already has a FreeBSD port) also does this, as well as a few
other things. However, Coda is much more heavyweight than InterMezzo,
and therefore easier to understand -- in particular, Coda seems to have
(according to one of the Coda developers) a marked preference for
exporting whole filesystems, InterMezzo allows you to export individual
directory trees.
Anyway, if any aspiring kernel hackers are looking for a project, that
might be a fun one. The only implementation at the moment is for Linux.
Cheers,
N
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non-self-referential dummy head-node whose own object destructor severs
the links.
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